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Drilling tower
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Drilling tower

anonymous · 1903 - 1907 · gelatin silver print; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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A group of Europeans posing in front of a drilling tower partly clad with atap, behind the tower the framework of a shed under construction. Photograph in the photo album on oil extraction in Borneo by the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company (KNPM) from 1903 to 1907.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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albumbladphotographderrick ~ oilBorneo
Credit lineBoortoren. 1903 - 1907. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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